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- Ibn Battuta (16481 bytes)
2: ...rneying covered almost the entirety of the known Islamic world, extending also to present-day [[India]...
4: ...ven to the names of scholars particularly in the Islamic East, meaning "the Sun of Religion". His full...
6: ...s. The title of this intial manuscript may be translated as ''A Gift to Those Who Contemplate the Wond...
8: ... account assumes the former where it is not obviously the latter.
11: ...75,000 miles over the length and breadth of the Muslim world, and beyond (about 44 modern countries). - Burundi (13403 bytes)
89: ...rsons per km² is the second highest in [[Sub-Saharan Africa]], behind only Rwanda. The Twa are thoug...
91: ...%) and a minority of [[Protestant]]s (5%) and [[Muslim]]s (2%). The official languages are [[Kirundi ...
134: ...di.html Stanford University - Africa South of the Sahara: ''Burundi''] directory category
146: ...ecent political developments, with a Hutu-leaning slant. - United Nations (29685 bytes)
1: ... [[Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic]] ([[Western Sahara]]), and [[State of Palestine|Palestine]], have ''...
30: ...f [[collective security]]. Those hopes have obviously not been fully realized. From about [[1947]] unt...
48: ...sessments at these lower rates and has sought legislation from the [[Congress of the United States|U.S...
73: ...ery|United Nations Convention on the Abolition of Slavery]] and [[Convention_on_the_Rights_of_the_Chil...
111: ...al documents, in [[print]] or [[online]], are translated in all six languages. - Egypt (18830 bytes)
60: ... km²). Large areas of land are part of the [[Sahara]] [[Desert]] and are sparsely inhabited.
71: ...once and for all. Muslim rulers nominated by the Islamic Caliphate remained in control of Egypt for th...
130: ...ght| Most Egyptians are [[Sunni Islam|Sunni]] [[Muslim]]s]][[Image:monastry3.jpg|thumb|right|Over six ...
131: ... culture for millennia, and its intellectual and Islamic institutions are at the center of the region'...
151: ...Approximately 90% of the population adheres to [[Islam]] and the remainder to [[Christianity]] (primar... - History of ancient Egypt (28563 bytes)
27: ...sm]] and cultivation of [[cereal]]s in the East [[Sahara]] dates to the [[7th millennium BC]] (see [[7th m...
54: When a box was opened it contained just sludge, which was apparently all that remained of th...
66: ...ible for sending expeditions into [[Nubia]] for [[slave]]s and anything else of value. It is unlikely...
99: ... that had never happened before in Egypt. Previously, new gods came along and were absorbed into the ...
109: ...uch record for hundreds of thousands of Israelite slaves. Linguistic studies have drawn certain potent... - Nile (13738 bytes)
40: ...nd of the Nile in Sudan, looking north across the Sahara Desert towards Lake Nasser and Egypt. Photograph...
46: ...storalism|pastoral]] lands of Egypt to form the [[Sahara]] and the tribes naturally migrated to the river,...
54: ...sections of faster flowing water with many small islands, shallow water, and rocks, forming an obstacl...
62: ...science during Pharonic times. The Nile mysteriously and predictably rose each summer to flood and fe...
66: Ledyard, in his ''Travels'', speaks contemptuously of this celebrated wonder:—"This is the mi... - Africa (35389 bytes)
3: ...[[square mile|mi²]]) including its adjacent islands, it covers 20.3 percent of the total land are...
23: ...ture, with [[Antarctica]] to the south, and the [[Sahara]] and [[Arabian peninsula]] at the top of the glo...
24: ...0 [[square mile|mi<sup>2</sup>]]), including the islands.
39: ...nd the world in what became known as the global [[slave trade]], which ceased by law by the nineteenth...
51: ...m each other. Those who lived in Saharan or [[Sub-Saharan Africa]] who had traded across the continent for... - Age of Exploration (14467 bytes)
1: ...peans encountered peoples and mapped lands previously unknown to them. Among the most famous explorers...
11: ...r profitable trade and it was also controlled by Islamic empires that had long battled the Europeans. ...
15: ...the south. For them the ability to outflank the Muslim states of North Africa was seen as crucial to t...
18: ...he Sahara had been overcome and trade in gold and slaves began in with what is today [[Senegal]]. Prog...
22: ...he first contest was for control of the [[Canary Islands]], which Castille won. It was not until the u... - North Africa (3562 bytes)
12: *[[Western Sahara]]
14: The [[Canary Islands]], [[Ethiopia]], [[Eritrea]], [[Azores]] and ...
22: North Africa is often set apart from the sub-Saharan African region, as the desert serves more of an ...
26: ...bic]] or [[Berber languages|Berber]]-speaking [[Muslim]]s (or, in the [[Copt]]s' case, [[Christianity|...
30: ...t, on the other hand, seems to have been continuously inhabited by Caucasoid peoples. [[Afro-Asiatic l... - Sub-Saharan Africa (3920 bytes)
1: ...opposed to coastal regions. The modern term ''Sub-Saharan'' corresponds with the standard representation o...
3: ...he [[Mediterranean]] and the [[Middle East]]. Sub-Saharan Africa, on the other hand, had sporadic contacts...
5: ..., such as [[Mauritius]] and [[South Africa]], sub-Saharan Africa is one of the poorest regions in the worl...
7: ... this classification scheme, the countries of sub-Saharan Africa are:
64: * [http://travel.state.gov/tips_sub-saharanafica.html USA State department travel tips] - List of countries by continent (11037 bytes)
63: *[[Western Sahara]] *DISPUTED* - [[La⹯une]]
83: * [[Christmas Island]] (Australia)
84: * [[Cocos (Keeling) Islands]] (Australia)
107: * [[Pakistan]] - [[Islamabad]]
153: * [[Norway]] - [[Oslo]] - List of national capitals (10847 bytes)
47: <tr><td>[[Bratislava]] <td>[[Slovakia]]
58: <tr><td>[[Cape Town]] <td>[[South Africa]] (legislative)
91: <tr><td>[[Honiara]] <td>[[Solomon Islands]]
93: <tr><td>[[Islamabad]] <td>[[Pakistan]]
112: ...;td>[[Western Sahara]] (see [[Politics of Western Sahara]]) - Nigeria (19231 bytes)
57: ...areas in the north under the loose control of an Islamic empire centered in Sokoto.
61: ... the American continent. Commodity trade replaced slave trade in the 19th century.
135: ...emi-arid [[sahel]] region on the fringes of the [[Sahara]] desert.
208: ...lani]], the overwhelming majority of whom are [[Muslim]]. Other major ethnic groups of the north are t...
210: ...micro-politically induced) pressure to introduce Islamic [[Sharia]] law. - Ghana (10910 bytes)
158: * [[Islam in Ghana]]
183: ...na.html Stanford University - Africa South of the Sahara: ''Ghana''] directory category - Ethiopia (20233 bytes)
77: ... chose to boycott these elections, ensuring a landslide victory for the [[Ethiopian People's Revolutio...
128: ...tes back almost to the founding of the religion; Islamic tradition states that [[Bilal]] was from pres...
163: *[[Islam in Ethiopia]]
275: ...io.html Stanford University - Africa South of the Sahara: Ethiopia] directory category - Algeria (16548 bytes)
1: ...slates as ''the islands'', referring to the four islands which lay off that city's coast until becomin...
15: ...ter" colspan=2 | <small>''[[National motto]] (translation): The Revolution by the people and for the p...
42: | '''[[Religion]]s''' || [[Sunni Islam]] (state religion)
62: ...[Kusayla]] and [[Kahina]], the Berbers adopted [[Islam]] ''en masse'', but almost immediately expelled...
64: ...h personalities as [[Emir Abdelkader]] made for a slow conquest of Algeria, not technically completed ... - Madagascar (29377 bytes)
2: ...car is the [[List of islands by size|4th largest island in the world]]. It is the home of five percent...
53: ...tuguese]] sea captain [[Diego Dias]] sighted the island after his ship became separated from a fleet g...
55: ...mportant in Madagascar's economy. In return, the island received British military and financial assist...
59: ...e [[Japan]]ese. The [[Free French]] received the island from the [[United Kingdom]] in [[1943]].
82: ...tle against corruption. [[December]] [[2002]] legislative elections gave his newly formed [[TIM (Tiako... - Eritrea (12964 bytes)
89: ...unds. The land to the south, in the highlands, is slightly less dry, and cooler. The highest point of ...
111: ...he dominant religions are [[Christianity]] and [[Islam]], each group representing roughly 50% of the p...
115: ...st majority of Muslims in Eritrea are [[Sunni]] Muslims.
117: ...ment of Eritrea only officially recognizes the [[Islam]]ic, Catholic, Orthodox and [[Evangelical]] [[L...
180: ...ea.html Stanford University - Africa South of the Sahara: ''Eritrea''] directory category - Mali (7755 bytes)
3: ...ers on the north stretch into the centre of the [[Sahara]] desert, while the country's south, where the ma...
64: ...nder lines. The National Assembly is the sole legislative arm of the government. It currently consists...
84: ...the northeast. Most of the country lies in the [[Sahara Desert]], which produces a hot, dust-laden [[harm...
91: ...ent anticipates that Mali will become a major Sub-Saharan gold exporter in the next few years.
127: ...li.html Stanford University - Africa South of the Sahara: ''Mali''] directory category - Central African Republic (6564 bytes)
112: ...fr.html Stanford University - Africa South of the Sahara: ''Central African Republic''] directory category
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